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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-738.7: Definitions

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  2. Title 63

As used in the Unborn Child Pain Awareness/Prevention Act:

1. "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument,

medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to

terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an

intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to

preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, to remove

an ectopic pregnancy, or to remove a dead fetus who dies as the

result of a spontaneous miscarriage, accidental trauma or a criminal

assault on the pregnant female or her unborn child;

2. "Attempt to perform an abortion" means an act, or an

omission of a statutorily required act that, under the circumstances

as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in

a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performance of an

abortion in Oklahoma in violation of the Unborn Child Pain

Awareness/Prevention Act;

3. "Unborn child" means a member of the species homo sapiens

from fertilization until birth;

4. "Medical emergency" means the existence of any physical

condition, not including any emotional, psychological, or mental

condition, which a reasonably prudent physician, with knowledge of

the case and treatment possibilities with respect to the medical

conditions involved, would determine necessitates the immediate

abortion of the pregnancy of the female to avert her death or to

avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily

function arising from continued pregnancy;

5. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in

this state pursuant to Sections 495 and 633 of Title 59 of the

Oklahoma Statutes; and

6. "Probable gestational age" means the gestational age of the

unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed, as

determined by the physician using reasonable probability.

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